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GeekWire Awards 2020: Meet the 5 finalists for Startup CEO of the Year

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. Managing a fast-growing startup is not… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: The inside story about Facebook; International Women’s Day; and more

— Facebook dominates the social media space and is one of the most recognizable entities in the world today. It… Read More

How the coronavirus outbreak and supply chain slowdown are impacting West Coast startups

Matt McCormick always plans for the Chinese New Year. As the owner of Jet City Device Repair in Seattle, he… Read More

Why this tech investor thinks a recession might actually help the Seattle region

Recessions typically don’t help businesses and cities. But Seattle might come out ahead of other metro areas if economic activity… Read More

Who’ll be the Next Tech Titan at the GeekWire Awards? Your vote will boost one of these startups

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. How do you handicap a unicorn… Read More

It’s about time: Portland startup ReclaimAI helps users prioritize their work and personal calendars

Chances are you’ve asked yourself, likely more than once, the largely rhetorical question: “Where does the time go?” Portland-based startup… Read More

Freshworks acquires Seattle AI startup AnswerIQ to bolster AI-powered customer service tech

Freshworks has acquired AnswerIQ, a 3-year-old Seattle-area startup backed by Madrona Venture Group that sells AI-powered customer service software. San… Read More

Vote for Young Entrepreneur of the Year: These GeekWire Awards nominees have accomplished big things before turning 30

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. Age is just a number in… Read More

Portland startup aims to treat opioid addiction with tech as it raises $10.5M and partners with Premera

In taking on the opioid epidemic, one of the biggest challenges in U.S. health care today, Stephanie Papes is facing… Read More

Gravity Payments invests $500K in Joe Coffee to help startup enhance service and take on Square

Dan Price, the high-profile co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based credit card processing and financial services company Gravity Payments, has been… Read More

Supercast raises $2M to help podcasters make money, names new CEO

Supercast, the Vancouver, B.C., startup that helps podcast creators make money off premium subscriptions, just brought in a little cash… Read More

Sales engagement startup Outreach opens London office, doubling down on Europe expansion

Outreach, the billion-dollar Seattle sales engagement startup, is making a big bet on Europe. The company opened an office in… Read More

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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Meet Charles Simonyi; cosmic rays; Star Brews Beer Festival; and more

— Not many people can say they’ve traveled to space. Not many can say they were also the original developer… Read More

Source raises $2.5 million to expand its platform for commercial design nationwide

A Portland, Ore., startup that develops online tools for architects and designers just closed a $2.5 million fundraising round to… Read More

Etailz raises $25M in debt funding to help companies sell on big e-commerce platforms

Spokane, Wash. e-commerce company etailz, which helps brands sell on huge platforms run by companies such as Amazon, Walmart and… Read More

Cybersecurity startup Polyverse raises $8M to protect Linux open-source code from hackers

Polyverse raised $8 million to expand the reach of its cybersecurity technology that is used by government organizations and security-minded… Read More

Backed by Concur co-founder, Seattle startup Center unveils expense management software

Expense software runs in the Singh family. Back in 1993, Steve Singh and his brother Raj Singh helped launch Concur,… Read More

Office lunch delivery startup Peach raises $5M — here’s how the company bounced back after layoffs

Investors are putting more juice behind Peach, the Seattle startup that delivers lunch to office workers. A new SEC filing… Read More

Seattle insurance tech startup n2uitive raises $1.3M

Seattle startup n2uitive, which manages millions of hours of insurance claim interviews and statements, raised $1.3 million to bring more… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for the top funding deal amid a record 2019 for Pacific NW startups

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. Pacific Northwest entrepreneurs have long complained… Read More

DevOps for IoT device fleets: Ex-Microsoft, Amazon leaders raise $7.6M for Seattle-area startup Esper

Seattle-area startup Esper today announced a $7.6 million Series A investment round led by Madrona Venture Group. Founded in 2018,… Read More

This Seattle startup gives big discounts on home rentals — but only if you agree to Airbnb a room

It seemed like a scam. When Hannah Exner and Sam Joselyn spotted an ad for a craftsman home in Seattle’s desirable… Read More

Starting Over: Inside a serial startup founder’s quest to build the next great Seattle tech company

This is the first in a series of posts in which I’m going to share my journey building a tech… Read More

Startup of the Year: Vote for the top early-stage Pacific Northwest company at the GeekWire Awards

Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. There are a flurry of up-and-coming… Read More

Australia-based video editing startup Clipchamp raises $9M, will open Seattle office

Clipchamp, a Brisbane, Australia-based video editing platform, today announced a $9 million investment round that will help the company open… Read More

Pipe-cutting software maker PypeServer raises $1.5M to streamline industrial manufacturing

PypeServer, a Seattle-area startup that makes software for industrial manufacturers that cut and weld huge amounts of pipe for commercial… Read More

Cardiac Insight raises $8M as sales of its wearable heartbeat sensor spike 100%

Cardiac Insight, a Bellevue, Wash. startup that makes lightweight disposable electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors and software to monitor patients’ heartbeats, has… Read More

AI document engineering startup Docugami raises $10M seed round in unusually large early stage deal

Docugami, a startup aiming to reinvent the way businesses create and extract information from documents, has raised an extraordinary $10… Read More

Finding your ‘why’: Accolade CEO Raj Singh shares lessons learned from his tech career journey

Raj Singh’s “why” guides his every move in the tech industry. Singh is the CEO of Accolade, a healthcare tech… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Nintendo president speaks; D&D for a good cause; and more

— Nintendo is on a roll. Though its current console, the Nintendo Switch, doesn’t boast the same type of processing… Read More

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